• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Climate Change and Economic Activity: Evidence from U.S. States
  • Contributor: Mohaddes, Kamiar [Author]; Ng, Ryan N. C. [Author]; Pesaran, M. Hashem [Author]; Raissi, Mehdi [Author]; Yang, Jui-Chung [Author]
  • Published: Munich: Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), 2022
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: Q54 ; C33 ; O51 ; O40 ; climate change ; adaptation ; United States ; Q51 ; O44 ; economic growth
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  • Description: We investigate the long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change across 48 U.S. states over the period 1963.2016 using a novel econometric strategy which links deviations of temperature and precipitation (weather) from their long-term moving-average historical norms (climate) to various state-specific economic performance indicators at the aggregate and sectoral levels. We show that climate change has a long-lasting adverse impact on real output in various states and economic sectors, and on labour productivity and employment in the United States. Moreover, in contrast to most cross-country results, our within U.S. estimates tend to be asymmetrical with respect to deviations of climate variables (including precipitation) from their historical norms.
  • Access State: Open Access